Venting, I Just Want To Talk

[Ruth09]

I'm having a low moment right now. I tried asking for guidence as to whom I can talk to on the weekend, but unless you are in the act of trying to kill yourself, the Veterans Affairs doesn't have any options. You have to wait until Monday, then fight to get help.

I've gone to the VA hospital on the weekend and waited for 6 hours, only to be told they only have people on-call. And, I would have to speak to a Social Worker. Social Workers are the lowest of the low. They only read the questions from a card and never try to genuinely help you. Same 'ol question: Do you want to hurt yourself? If you just want to talk because you are depressed, you will have to wait until monday. So, it would be my opinion that the VA isn't concerned about preventing the depression from getting out of hand.

Just really down right now. I don't have anywhere else to vent.

Family is out of the question, and friends,...well, I ain't got any.

I'm going to try to go out for a walk to get me out of this terrible down. I just wish I had someone I could talk to even for a lousy 10 minutes.

 

[Dougal]

Hi Ruth09.

Vent away. You sound frustrated. I'm sorry you were treated this way. I don't want to minimise your experience at the VA hospital. It sounds like the support you received was not helpful. Like you say, all you wanted to do was prevent depression from getting out of hand.

Have you considered calling a crisis line? These individuals do have training and if all you want to do is talk, they will talk. My experience is that a crisis line can be helpful.

I don't know where you live / I notice your profile says Texas. I googled 'crisis line Texas' and came up with this link to a number of crisis lines you can call Http :// suicide hotlines .com /texas .html

The number to call seems to depend on where you live / they appear to operate 24 / 7. Not sure if this is helpful to you but sounds like it might work better than sitting around a waiting room for 6 hours.

I hope you enjoyed your walk. Cheers.
CM

 

[James B.]

We have a chat room here too, Ruth09. Not sure if that's helpful - if writing will work I agree with CM, vent away; it's kind of "what we do here". :-)

 

[Tessa]

Hi Ruth,

I find a crisis line helps to get me through until my next appt. Walking is good too . As James says,you will usually find someone here who will answer you so you don't have to feel so alone.

I am sending caring thoughts and hope things improved a bit for you.

 

[Ruth09]

Thanks.

I had a really bad time this weekend. The walk and kind words helped.

Again, Thanks.

 

[Lady of Longbourn]

If you haven't already Ruth, I would really try the crisis lines. I've called them a few times just because I had (and have) no one else to talk to sometimes. They just listen, and while its not like talking to a T, it is nice to just talk, about anything. I have even called them just to cry.
Hope this helps, even a little. And like James said..."write away" :) We love listening too...

 

[Iam]

Glad you are feeling better Ruth. The low points are so tough to get thru. I am glad you posted here and that the support helped you. Keep posting and know that we are here for you when needed or just to chat.

 

[Tessa]

We are here and listening. Sending you warm hugs and caring thoughts.

 

[Froggie]

I agree with all who wrote to you Ruth09, it's so important not to stay alone and on this forum, there is always someone on one of the forums. If you need to vent, I'll gladly listen to you and we could chat.

You're in my thoughts
Froggie